Missed Opportunity 2: Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 12
Well the stage was now set. I had to either own up to Aunt Fern about what I had done or wait for the police to contact her to verify my application. I waited a day and had another sleepless night. All I could think about was how the confession would go. I played out […]
The Rasta Years
As the wind blows thru my dreadlocksCaressing my Jamaican faceDe-ja vu feelings take me backTo a distant time and place To a time of RastafariAnd Iya-binghi chantsA time of ital livingBefore my heart transplant Before I fled to BabylonTo chase an American dreamBefore I lost my passionMy youth and self-esteem Back then I was a […]
Jamaica – The B Side
What is it about this place that makes you deny yourselfand pimp your soul shout Jehovah, Jesus on Saturday,Sunday then five weak days pretend to be happy, wholeas if surrounded by water, didn’t already enforce its limits How the hell are you to hear, heed the call of your individualamid this modern sprawl and neo-colonial820 […]
Jamaica Day Celebrations/Toronto Style
Like Canada Day Celebrations three weeks ago with fireworks and military jets maneuvering in splendid breath taking acrobatic formations in the sky, Jamaica Day 2004 held on July 24th at Keelesdale Park was nothing short of such adulations. Flying overhead at very low altitude in preparation for landing at Pearson International was the sight of […]
Jasmine – A Jamaican Short Story
Angela Dawkins watched the clothes on the line dance to the force of the tropical wind as it lifted them up and brought them back down. It was late afternoon and the feeling and smell in the air was of an imminent downpour. She could see the sky darkening in the distance and a lone […]
Coming to Canada: The Frighten Reality
When the Air–Canada 982 lowered and touch the runway at Pearson International Airport on the evening of June 1st 1991, I immediately looked forward to prosperous times. Despite the vicissitude of the past years in Jamaica, the thought of coming to Canada had led me to believe it’s a land of tremendous opportunities, blessed with […]
The Jamaican Dancehall Girl
On weekends girls go to the clubs in town.Guys prowl the parking lots for dates.Some girls turn heads, some get asked to dance and decline. When the music is its loudest, the night begins to shine.Tension rises with the tempo of the drums.A girl walks by, straight to the dance floor.An exotic beauty, she knows […]
Turn of Events
“What a liar,” “That stupid, old, lying woman.” Annette thought and sucked her teeth. Everybody thought Ma Betsy was some kind of prophet. And, because everybody thought that they reverence her as if she is some sort of goddess. Mary, the shop keeper, sends a small bag of grocery to her every weekend. Mr. Brown […]
This Month’s Online Discussions
Below is a list of this month’s online discussion guests ….For the lasted information on times please see our Announcements/Feedback forum. Week One July 4 – 10 Forum: Book Club Guest: Myrna Loy, Author The Other Side of Tourism Myrna Loy, born in Britain of Jamaican descent, has written and published her first book […]
A Day in the life of a Jamaican Dog – Country Gal A Foreign
Me wake up dis mawning, bout 5 oclock. Me nevah ready fi wake up yet but di blasted rooster dem call Chester wouldn stop crow. All di tell me a tell him fi shut him beak an doan speak, him not even a pay me dog-mind. All night him a holler out ‘tief come an […]